Filter
1179
Filtered Results: 1179
Text search:
Profile
of
Crisis
Response
Featured
Recommendations
100
New Publications
338
Language
Document type
No document type
654
Studies & Reports
269
Guidelines
92
Strategic & Response Plan
64
Manuals
55
Situation Updates
18
Training Material
13
Fact sheets
9
Resource Platforms
3
Dashboards/Maps
1
Infographics
1
Countries / Regions
Indonesia
59
Global
52
Syria
34
Sierra Leone
33
Myanmar / Burma
29
Ukraine
28
India
26
Nepal
26
Kenya
26
Western and Central Europe
26
Liberia
25
Congo, Democratic Republic of
24
Bangladesh
23
Latin America and the Carribbean
21
Africa
21
Venezuela
17
Nigeria
16
Ethiopia
16
Uganda
16
South Africa
15
Haiti
13
South Sudan
13
Guinea
12
Zambia
12
Malawi
12
Pakistan
9
Yemen
9
Asia
9
Rwanda
8
Central African Republic
8
Eastern Europe
8
Germany
7
Brazil
7
Lesotho
7
Zimbabwe
6
Iraq
6
Jordan
6
Mozambique
6
Namibia
6
East and Southern Africa
6
South–East Asia Region
6
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
6
Russia
6
Ghana
5
Philippines
5
Somalia
5
Afghanistan
5
Lebanon
5
Tanzania
5
Colombia
5
Moldova
5
USA
4
Cambodia
4
Thailand
4
Sudan
4
Eswatini/ Swaziland
4
Burundi
4
West and Central Africa
4
Senegal
3
Cameroon
3
China
3
Argentina
3
Madagascar
3
Poland
3
Albania
3
Laos
3
Burkina Faso
2
Morocco
2
Turkey
2
Papua New Guinea
2
Peru
2
Hungary
2
Botswana
2
Greece
2
Libya
2
Mexico
2
Sri Lanka
2
Middle East and North Africa
2
Western Pacific Region
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
2
Romania
2
Iran
2
Georgia
2
North America
2
Belarus
2
Mali
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1
Saudi Arabia
1
Niger
1
Togo
1
Egypt
1
Chad
1
Gambia
1
Ireland
1
Singapore
1
Benin
1
North Macedonia
1
Croatia
1
Angola
1
Paraguay
1
Palestine
1
Italy
1
Southern Africa
1
Tajikistan
1
Qatar
1
Bulgaria
1
Kyrgyzstan
1
Gabon
1
Jamaica
1
Maldives
1
Tunisia
1
Norway
1
Portugal
1
Israel
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
455
Key Resources
91
Public Health
64
Clinical Guidelines
50
Women & Child Health
41
Capacity Building
12
Pharmacy & Technologies
3
Toolboxes
COVID-19
113
Mental Health
83
Conflict
78
HIV
63
Planetary Health
53
Ebola
46
Rapid Response
45
Refugee
42
Natural Hazards
41
AMR
41
TB
35
Global Health Education
29
Disability
28
Caregiver
19
Health Financing Toolbox
19
NTDs
13
NCDs
11
Pharmacy
9
Polio
6
Zika
6
Specific Hazards
6
Cholera
5
Social Ethics
3
A public health emergency operations centre (EOC) is a central location for coordinating operational information and resources for strategic management of pugencies and events. EOCs provide communication and information tools and services blic healt...
The threat climate change poses to health, equity, and development has been rigorously documented. However, in an era marked by economic crisis, regional conflicts, natural disasters and growing disparities between rich and poor, the joint global ac...
Cholera is a transmissible diarrhoeal infection caused by Vibrio cholerae. Endemic and/or epidemic in over 40 countries (mainly in Africa and Asia), cholera continues to be a major global public health issue.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the number ... cases reported worldwide represents in reality only 5 to 10% of actual cases.
This guide is intended for medical and non-medical staff responding to a cholera outbreak. It attempts to provide concrete answers to the questions and problems faced by staff, based on the recommendations of reference organisations, such as WHO and UNICEF, as well as Médecins Sans Frontières’ experience in the field.
It is divided into 8 chapters. Chapter 1, Cholera overview, outlines the epidemiological and clinical features of cholera. Chapter 2, Outbreak investigation, explains the method and stages of a field investigation, from the alert to implementation of initial activities. Chapter 3, Cholera control measures, details measures and tools to prevent and/or control cholera transmission and mortality in populations affected, or at risk of being affected, by an epidemic (curative care, prevention means and health promotion activities). Chapter 4, Strategies for epidemic response, addresses the roll-out strategies of the measures described in Chapter 3 which depend on context (e.g. urban, rural, endemic, non-endemic setting, etc.), resources and particular constraints. Chapter 5, Cholera case management, details the different stages of cholera treatment, from diagnosis through to cure.
Chapter 6, Setting up cholera treatment facilities, focuses on the installation of treatment facilities that vary in size and complexity according to operational requirements (treatment centres and units and oral rehydration points). Chapter 7, Organisation of cholera treatment facilities, describes the organisation of these specialized facilities in terms of human resources, supply, water, hygiene and sanitation, etc. Chapter 8, Monitoring and evaluation, presents the key data to be collected and analysed during an epidemic to facilitate a tailored response and evaluate its quality and effectiveness.
The guide includes various practical tools in the appendices to facilitate activities (e.g. water quality tests, job descriptions, documents, etc.). Moreover, the toolbox also contains additional tools in editable formats (individual patient file, cholera case register, pictograms).
Despite all efforts, it is possible that certain errors may have been overlooked in this guide. Please inform the authors of any errors detected.
To ensure that this guide continues to evolve while remaining adapted to field realities, please send any comments or suggestions.
WHO published the first COVID-19 Strategic Response and Preparedness Plan (SPRP) on 3 February, 2020. This report highlights the main points of progress that were made up to 30 June 2020 under the t...
Access to health workers who are fit for purpose, motivated and protected is a fundamental force of health service delivery and the achievement of universal health coverage and the health and health...
This Interim Guidance outlines how key public health and social measures needed to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread and the impact of the disease can be adapted for use in low capacity and humanit...
This paper reviews the effects of vertical responses to COVID-19 on health systems, services, and people’s access to and use of them in LMICs, wh...
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) is advancing the global fight against acute malnutrition in children under 5 with the launch of its new guideline on the prevention and management of wasti...
Hands-on information and practical advice for everyday life and work in the field as well as background information on crisis management structures in international organizations lie at the heart of...
This report presents findings from research conducted by Economist Impact to assess the health, demographic, social and economic impacts associated with different scenarios for financing the HIV epidemic across 13 selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The sponsorship ... UNAIDS towards this report is gratefully acknowledged. However, the findings and ideas expressed herein represent those of Economist Impact. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of UNAIDS, nor do they engage the responsibility of UNAIDS.
The Resolution Population and Individual Approaches to the Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Obesity was approved by the 48th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization, Septe...
The COVID-19 pandemic’s immediate costs, measured in lives lost and damaged, have been appalling and continue to rise. In addition, its effects on individuals’ livelihoods and economies around the world have been deep and are likely to be long lasting. While saving lives was the near-exclusive f...
The health of the people and health services are in crisis, and together as partners this plan commits us to strategies aimed at achieving our goal of...
This review of the IFRC support to the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society response to the 2012 cholera outbreak provides ideas and concepts to promote a more coherent and evidence based rationale on how...
The steps reassert the sequence of the HPC, with needs analysis directly informing decisions about the response and monitoring, whether for the preparation ... new plans or adjustments to existing ones. The steps of the HPC have a rationale and cannot be skipped. However, the depth of work under each step can and should be adapted to the realities of the operating environment and capacities.
Zambia has about 1.2 physicians, nurses, and midwives per 1000 population while the minimum acceptable density threshold is 2.3 per 1000 population. The estimated shortage of doctors, nurses and midwives in Zambia is about 14,960. However, with the ...
Over the past 50 years, dengue has spread from nine to over a hundred countries, making it the most rapidly spreading vector-borne disease. Yet, dengue continues to have a low profile among policy-makers and donors and does not receive the media att...
Uganda is Africa's largest refugee-hosting country and ranks fifth globally. Over the decades, Uganda has hosted refugees from nations including South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Burundi, and Rwanda. As ... early 2024, it hosts 1 600 000 refugees, primarily in refugee settlements in northern and southwestern Uganda, and in Kampala City. Thirteen districts accommodate 94% of these refugees.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Uganda’s Ministry of Health conducted a joint review mission to provide a comprehensive overview of the health system's response. The aim was to understand service delivery challenges and identify opportunities to further support Uganda in strengthening health system capacity and ensuring continued access to health services for refugees, migrants and host communities.
NSW Disaster Mental Health Handbook 5
The Disaster Mental Health Manual and associated handbooks are intended as a resource for mental health staff who are seeking background information and practical guidance and resources to assist in a disaster mental health ....
Context and impact of the crisis
A year after the signing of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution ... the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS),1 the ceasefire holds in most parts of the country. Armed conflict between State security forces and opposition armed groups has been contained to a small number of areas in the Equatorias where Government forces continue to clash with non-signatories to the agreement. Many areas are seeing intra- and inter-communal violence, enabled by small-arms proliferation and weak rule of law. This is often driven by resource scarcity in areas that have experienced years of severe food insecurity.
